Revised Honors ECPE Unit 8 (8.1-8.63)

freak weather

• extreme weather conditions

• believable; reliable

• the back part of something

to curb

• steady; regular

• to control or limit something, especially something bad

• to change from a gas to a liquid

carbon footprint

• the amount of carbon dioxide emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels during a persons actitivites

• to put into effect; to carry out, to do

• to express something in spoken or written words.

implausible

• unlikely; difficult to believe

• land suitable for growing crops

• to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light

pristine

• fresh and brand new; unspoilt

• feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected

• land suitable for growing crops

arable land

• to bring about or inflict

• land suitable for growing crops

• to be carried along by currents of air or water

contentious

• causing a lot of disagreement

• to grow (crops)

• fresh and brand new; unspoilt

consistent

• steady; regular

• land suitable for growing crops

• to express something in spoken or written words.

skeptic

• turn into steam

• one who doubts

• to be carried along by currents of air or water

misgivings

• to be promoted or praised as

• a passageway between rows of seats

• doubts or second thoughts